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Celebrate Norman Rockwell's birthday & learn about his series "Four Freedoms" inspired by Franklin Roosevelt's vision for postwar America. Then compare them to the updated series by Hank Willis Thomas
In 1943 Norman Rockwell created four paintings in response to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1941 address to Congress in which he articulated his vision for a postwar world founded on four basic human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. In 2018 Hank Willis Thomas updated these paintings to reflect the circumstances of life in twenty-first-century America. This presentation will compare these constructions of the Four Freedoms and discuss the ways in which art participates in political discourse in a pluralist democracy.
Keri Watson is an assistant professor of art history at the University of Central Florida. Her research, which focuses on the power of art to contribute to and challenge stereotypical representations of race, nationality, gender, sex, and dis/ability, has been published in Disability and Art History, Museums and Social Issues: A Journal of Reflective Discourse, and Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature and supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Society for the Preservation of American Modernism.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Education & Learning |
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LYNX Bus Link 28 E. Colonial Dr. / Azalea Park
LYNX Bus Link 29 E. Colonial Dr. / Goldenrod
The Herndon Branch opened to the public in November 1998 on East Colonial Drive. The branch bears the name Herndon due to the nearby Orlando Executive Airport, which for many years was named Herndon Airport in honor of Albert B. Herndon, a long-time city engineer who moved to Orlando in 1914.
This location has an interesting history. In the mid-90s, it housed a major bookstore outlet. The location, size, and 2-story glass foyer were easily recognized as an attractive setting for a branch library. Only 3.5 miles from downtown, the library has ample parking near retail centers and restaurants, making it a popular spot for information, imagination, and inspiration.